Getting a count of distinct counts in mySql - mysql

Question

I have two Tables one for Teams one for Players What I am trying to find out is the total head count table, In other words I want to have a count of the total number of teams that have 2 members, the to all number of teams that have 3 members etc
Here is the database structure.
(Sidebar Question: I'm a newbee here: Is there a better way to post the SQL? )
CREATE TABLE `formsfiles`.`Teams` (
`ID` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ,
`Name` VARCHAR(45) NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`) );
INSERT INTO `Teams` (`Name`) VALUES ('Sharks');
INSERT INTO `Teams` (`Name`) VALUES ('Jets');
INSERT INTO `Teams` (`Name`) VALUES ('Fish');
INSERT INTO `Teams` (`Name`) VALUES ('Dodgers');
CREATE TABLE `Players` (
`ID` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ,
`Name` VARCHAR(45) NULL ,
`Team_ID` INT NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`) );
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Jim', '1');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Tom', '1');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Harry', '2');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Dave', '2');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Tim', '3');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Trey', '4');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Jay', '4');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Steve', '4');
INSERT INTO `Players` (`Name`, `Team_ID`) VALUES ('Chris', '4');
What I want is a count Team sizes.
I would like to see the following output
Team_Size Count
1 1
2 2
4 1

Answer 1

The simplest way would probably be:
select team_count, count(*) from
(select count(*) team_count from players group by team_id) sq
group by team_count
(Although this won't include teams with no players in them.)
SQLFiddle here.

Answer 2

First, you need the team sizes:
select t.id as teamId, count(p.id) as teamSize
from
`Teams` as t
left join `Players` as p on t.id = p.teamId
group by
t.id;
Notice that this will return the teams with zero players too. If you don't want that, use inner join instead of left join.
Now, use this query as a row source for your final query:
select teamSize, count(teamId)
from (
select t.id as teamId, count(p.id) as teamSize
from
`Teams` as t
left join `Players` as p on t.id = p.teamId
group by
t.id) as a
group by teamSize;
Hope this helps
Just one more thing.
If you have big data sets, this query may hang. So it may be best to create a temp table, index it, and run the query on the temp table:
drop table if exists temp_teamSize;
create temporary table temp_teamSize
select t.id as teamId, count(p.id) as teamSize
from
`Teams` as t
left join `Players` as p on t.id = p.teamId
group by
t.id;
alter table temp_teamSize
add unique index idx_teamId(teamId),
add index idx_teamSize(teamSize);
select teamSize, count(teamId)
from temp_teamSize
group by teamSize;